Yuan Qi showed the poem to Gu Huai with great interest. Gu Huai took one look at it and thought it didn't make sense.
But he certainly can't damage Yuan Qi's confidence.
A person's confidence is very important. If you don't have confidence, nothing can be done.
Gu Huai read his poem and praised him: "If I remember correctly, you just started writing?"
Yuan Qi was very proud: "Yes!"
Gu Huai: "Then you are really amazing!"
Yuan Qi was even more proud: "I plan to submit this article to the newspaper. If there is any royalties, I will treat you to braised pork! The full-fat kind!"
Gu Huai looked at the enamel vat in which he boiled lard and smiled, feeling that if Yuan Qi's poem could be chosen, it would really be a fire on his family's ancestral grave.
This kind of luck can no longer be achieved by smoking green smoke.
Gu Huai decided that as a reward for Yuan Qi taking care of the child later, he could give him some royalties.
"Brother Yuan Qi, I think your poem is too perfect and a bit unrealistic. Why don't you change it a little to make it look like it was written by a human being."
Gu Huai felt that this was the truest sentence he had ever said.
Yuan Qi touched his chin and felt that what he really wanted to express was too profound, and it was normal for others not to understand. As expected, Brother Gu understood him: "But how do I change this?"
Gu Huai briefly talked to him, and Yuan Qi felt inspired again.
He hurriedly found a pen, crossed out his original poem, and replaced it with a new one:
The wheat is yellow!
Persimmons are red!
Child, laughed!
Life is better!
The sun has risen!
Working people, stand up!
Yuan Qi held the paper and couldn't put it down: "Brother Gu, you are really a good teacher and friend. I find that you can especially inspire my talents!"
Gu Huai: "Really? I'll have to charge next time."
Yuan Qi:???
Why is it suddenly necessary to collect money? Is it too late for him to take back what he just said?
Xiao Xiao and Gu Xiaoliu were chatting and laughing outside and walked in. They were slightly startled when they saw Yuan Qi.
Gu Huai's expression did not change, he smiled and waved to the two of them: "Come here and meet your new teacher."
Xiao Xiao hesitated, not wanting to come over.
Before she met the scholar, she still had a little admiration for the latter, but after he taught her how to write last time, she lost all her admiration.
She felt that the scholar was just a loser. Apart from his pretty handwriting, there was nothing special about him.
The word teacher is still relatively new to Gu Xiaoliu.
She opened her mouth: "Teacher, is it delicious?"
Everyone:......
In order to prevent Gu Xiaoliu from making a fool of herself, Xiao Xiao smiled and pulled her away. Yuan Qi looked at Gu Huai and said seriously: "I think your sister really needs education, and education needs to be popularized!"
This is something he recently read in the newspaper, and he can learn and apply it.
Gu Huai patted his shoulder: "This glorious mission will be left to you, come on."
Yuan Qi feels that she has a long way to go, but what is the first step to becoming a teacher?
Ah, yes, prepare lessons. If he wants to be a teacher, he must act like one.
Yuan Qi planned to go to the post office and mailed his poem.
Xiao Xiao and Gu Xiaoliu quickly forgot this episode.
The most important thing now is celebrating the New Year. Nothing is more important than celebrating the New Year.
Gu Xiaoliu likes to celebrate the New Year because there are a lot of delicious food during the New Year.
Xiao Xiao is nervous about celebrating the New Year because her relatives will be walking around at this time.
Especially the Gu family.
Relatives do not interact with each other on weekdays, but they will definitely move around during the Chinese New Year.
Gu Zhongyi is the third eldest child in his family. He has an eldest brother, a second sister, and a fourth brother.
Their family originally had a total of eight children, but four survived. They were not a prosperous family.
So we hardly interact with each other on weekdays.
Of course, if you don't come and go, you need to have things to come and go with. You can't just come to the door with ginger in your hands.
The New Year is different. During the New Year, everyone comes and goes to eat and drink without any formality. You can even touch a handful of candies before leaving, which is really a good deal.
In previous years, Gu Zhongyi was always the one who was laughed at.
He is just an ordinary farmer who works with a large collective to farm the land. He does not take over his father's job as a worker like his elder brother, nor does he marry a city wife like his fourth brother.
Of all the people in the house, he was the shabbiest.
Not talking about money, he even gave birth to six daughters in a row before he had a son.
For this alone, the fourth brother, who has three sons, laughed at him for a long time, and even Huang Cuicui couldn't hold his head up.
But this year was different. Huang Cuicui had money on hand, so she asked Gu Zhongyi to make some lanterns and hang them at her door. She also prepared a table of delicious food, just to make herself look good.
It's rare for her to feel proud and proud, so of course she has to do it!
They spent New Year's Eve as a family, and Huang Cuicui sealed a red envelope for each of the children.
Undoubtedly, Gu Huai's red envelope was the largest, worth one yuan. Gu Xiaowu and Gu Xiaoliu each received 40 cents, while Xiao Xiao only received 20 cents.
Although Xiao Xiao's red envelope was the smallest, she was still very happy.
This is the first red envelope she got from coming to the Gu family!
In previous years, Huang Cuicui's red envelopes were never given to her.
She is not from the Gu family. Huang Cuicui has already taken care of her since she lived in the Gu family. How can she dare to ask for any extravagant red envelopes for new year's money?
But this year she has it!
Although Huang Cuicui was reluctant, she still sealed one.
Xiao Xiao put the money wrapped in red paper in the clothes on his chest, lowered his head and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
They had to stay up late on New Year's Eve, but the children couldn't stay up too long, so they all fell asleep at midnight. Huang Cuicui and Gu Zhongyi fell asleep after paying homage to their ancestors, and got up early the next morning to work on New Year stuff.
They packed candies and went from house to house to pay New Year greetings. The sound of firecrackers was endless and blue smoke was everywhere.
Gu Xiaoliu followed Huang Cuicui, sniffing hard. She liked to smell the scent of burning firecrackers.
On the first day of the new year, they went to the Gu family's eldest son's house for dinner.
The eldest son of the Gu family lives in the next village. His son is very promising and has built a red brick house.
Boss Gu and his wife stood at the door, waiting for Gu Zhongyi to lead the child.
Huang Cuicui was wearing a newly bought cotton-padded jacket, and because she was afraid of being burned by firecracker sparks, she walked very lacklusterly.
Gu's eldest daughter-in-law looked at it and couldn't help laughing: "The third sister-in-law is still the same as before."
She always wanted to say something bad about Huang Cuicui, as if if she didn't say a few words about her, her tongue would be shortened.
Huang Cuicui felt confident this time and patted her clothes:
"I can't help it. I only have a piece of clothing that costs two yuan. If it burns, I have to find someone to repair it. After all, not everyone can repair it with two yuan."
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family widened her eyes.
She looked at Huang Cuicui's new cotton-padded jacket and thought:
You're not trying to coax her, right?
She? Huang Cuicui? A two-dollar cotton-padded jacket? She’s a liar, right?